Sec. 2102.

In cases where by law the affidavit of any person residing in another state of the United States, or in any foreign country, is required, or may be received in judicial proceedings in this state, to entitle the same to be read, it must be authenticated as follows:

(1) It must be certified by the consul general, deputy consul general, or some consul or deputy consul of the United States resident in such foreign country, to have been taken and subscribed before him, specifying the time and place where taken and have the consular seal attached; or

(2) It must be certified by some judge of a court having a seal to have been taken and subscribed before him, specifying the time and place where taken;

(3) The genuineness of the signature of such judge, the existence of the court and the fact that such judge is a member thereof, must be certified by the clerk of the court under the seal thereof;

(4) If such affidavit be taken in any other of the United States or in any territory thereof, it may be taken before a commissioner duly appointed and commissioned by the governor of this state to take affidavits therein, or before any notary public or justice of the peace authorized by the laws of such state to administer oaths therein. The signature of such notary public or justice of the peace, and the fact that at the time of the taking of such affidavit the person before whom the same was taken was such notary public or justice of the peace, shall be certified by the clerk of any court of record in the county where such affidavit shall be taken, under the seal of said court.